黑龙江绥化市三校高一上期中英语试卷

Koalas remind people of teddy bears. They have thick fur and large ears. Their broad, flat nose makes them look cute, similar to teddy bears. In fact koalas aren’t cute. They have sharp teeth and very sharp claws! Koalas are marsupials. This means the mother carries her baby in a pocket while it develops, similar to a kangaroo. The baby koala lives in its mother’s pocket for the first six months of its life.
The name “koala” comes from a native Australian word that means “no drink”. The koalas get almost all their water from the eucalyptus（桉树）leaves they eat. That’s where they get their food too. Koalas eat only eucalyptus leaves, and only the leaves of certain eucalyptus trees. The eucalyptus trees are where the koalas live. It’s also where they sleep. Koalas sleep about nineteen hours a day!
Why do they sleep so much? Some people think it’s because they’re lazy. But koalas aren’t lazy. They sleep so much because there isn’t much nutrition in eucalyptus leaves. Koalas store hardly any fat, so they must save their energy. One way to do this is to move slowly and sleep a lot.
After a day of sleeping they like to move around and eat just after sunset. They live alone most of the time. Koalas are very protective of their trees. If a koala sees another koala eating in its favorite tree, it might tell the other koala to leave by “barking” at it. Koalas do “talk” to each other. Besides barks, the males make a deep grunting sound. The mothers and babies talk in soft clicking sounds. If they get scared they may scream like a baby.
According to the article, how are koalas and kangaroos alike?

The word “koala” comes from a word that means ________.

Why do koalas sleep a lot?

If an adult koala screams like a baby, he may get ________.

Glendale City Parks Ranger Club Welcome to the Glendale City Parks Ranger Club. We are happy you have decided to volunteer to help keep Glendale City’s five parks clean and attractive. With assistance from local youth, Glendale City can continue to keep its parks beautiful all year long. Glendale City Parks During the summer, the city parks provide a pleasant place for children to have fun, people to walk their dogs, and families to have picnic lunches. This chart lists the names of the parks and the duties that need to be completed at each one. Plant flowers Paint park benches Water the grass Check playground equipment for safety Sunnyside Park ●       Oak Hill Park     ● ● Mill Street Park ●   ● ● Valley Park ● ●   ●   Working as a Glendale City Parks Ranger Rangers have special permission to be in all areas of the parks. The Park Ranger T-shirts, caps, and name tags let visitors know who is a volunteer ranger. All volunteer rangers will complete park duties in groups of five. Each group will have one to two adults with it at all times. Thank you for donating your time to make sure the parks in Glendale City remain safe places to play. Glendale City Parks Ranger Club appreciates its volunteers and cannot wait to make you a member!

The Glendale City Parks can be the following EXCEPT ________.

In Sunnyside Park, the volunteer rangers’ duty is to ________.

The park benches need painting in ________.

The purpose of the passage is to ________.

Last week I did something that scared me. I stood in front of nearly 200 financial planners and I talked to them about why financial blogs are a good thing.
I’m a confident writer. I’ve been doing this long enough that I know my strength and my limitations. I’m less confident as a speaker. I don’t have time to pause to collect my thoughts. I’m not able to edit. I’m afraid of being trapped in a corner without being able to talk my way out. Basically, I’m scared to speak.
It would be easy to simply refuse the chances that come my way. When somebody asks me to speak in front of a group, I could say “no”. When radio and television stations call for an interview, I could say “no”. But for the past two years, I’ve been following my own policy to say “yes” to new chances.
To say “yes” is to live in fear. My goal is to continually improve myself to become better than I am today. One way to do that is to do the things that scare me, to take them on as challenges, and to learn from them ― even if I fail.
In mid-November, a local station asked me to appear on live television. “I realize it’s short notice,” the producer wrote, “but we’d love to have you on the show if you’re available tonight.” I was frightened. I thought about recent taped television interviews that I had hated. I was afraid of what might happen.
But I also thought about the things that had gone right. I thought of how my speaking skills had improved over the past year. And then I thought of the book I was reading, a book that I had bought for $1.29 at the local store. The Magic of Thinking Big was a huge bestseller during the 1960s. Written by Dr. David Schwartz, a professor at Georgia State University, the book contains dozens of practical tips on how to take risks to achieve big goals. Schwartz argues that nobody will believe in you until you believe in yourself.
So when the television producer asked if I wanted to appear on his show, I thought big. “Sure,” I said. “I’ll do it.” I acted confidently, but on the inside I was frightened. What I needed was techniques to build up my confidence and to overcome my fear.
Why is the author afraid of speaking in public?

The underlined words “my own policy” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ________.

The author mentioned the book The Magic of Thinking Big mainly because ______.

What is the author’s purpose to write the passage?

To Friend or Not to Friend
We all love our parents and turn to them when we’re in need, but would you like them to hear the conversations you have with your friends on the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites have become extensions of the school hallways, so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to view your online activities and conversations with friends?
In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were up to date with latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day to day lives as they always had because they had no need to know more about technology. However, more and more parents are beginning to realize just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the motivation to educate themselves about social networking sites.
These days many people are attracted to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there’s also a certain amount of control over privacy that we don’t get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is violated when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.
It’s a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our online lives. On the one hand we don’t want to “reject” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to hide. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a sense of being watched and no longer feel free to comment or communicate the way you did before.
A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn’t take it personally if their child ignores their request: “When a teen ignores a parent’s friend request, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of their life where they want to be independent.”
Perhaps talking with parents and giving explanations would help soften the blow if you do choose not to add them to your friends list.
From Paragraph 2, we learn that ________.

Teenagers may refuse a parent’s friend request because ________.

The passage is mainly about ________.

The passage is written mainly for ________.

My grandmother Adele loved culture and was generous with its gifts. When I was a child, she took me to museums, restaurants, dances. She showered me with gifts from her travels around the world. But I can only remember her giving me one book ― a book that, to this day, I have not read. She presented me with her own favorite childhood book: Hans Brinker. My grandmother was happy to share this book with me. She even decorated the title page with her proud writing.
I tried to read it. I adored reading, and would dive into a new pile of books from the library all at once. But something about Hans Brinker just wouldn’t let me in. The story was set in Holland, a long time ago. It felt dull and unfamiliar ― even though I was a fan of classics of other times and places. I simply read the first pages over and over. I could not progress.
Standing on a bookshelf in our living room, the book was like something I avoided. It scolded me for not being interested, for not trying hard enough, for disappointing my grandmother.
The book started to fit in, almost forgotten, until Adele asked. Had I read it? Did I like it? Always determined, she wanted to know the answer. I would make some kind of excuse, feel bad, and open it again, hoping for a new reaction. The book weighed on me.
Years passed and finally Adele and I both accepted that I would never read Hans Brinker. Eventually I cleared the book from the shelf. The Hans Brinker experience led me to set a rule that I’ve lived by ever since: Do not ask about a book given as a gift. Don’t ask, despite your desire to discuss it to grow closer. The desire for such connection is what gives book-giving with special meaning ― and increases the owner’s possibility to be a letdown.
Guilt is basically the same as for all gifts, though. If the giver doesn’t have the pleasure of seeing or hearing about the gift being enjoyed, and asks whether it is, then the owner ― unless she can truthfully say “yes” ― either has to admit to not liking the present, or else lie on the spot. Neither is pleasant. So, don’t ask.
When the author was a kid, his grandmother ________.

What does the author think about the book his grandmother gave him?

The underlined sentence “The book weighed on me” in Paragraph 4 probably means
________.

The author learns from the Hans Brinker’s experience that never ________.

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Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?_____. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
※Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.
※Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. ______.
※When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.
※___. These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.
※ . Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.
※Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.
※Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness.   .

E．Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.
F．There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.
G．It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.

My 4-year-old son now enjoys posting letters. He has formed the       of drawing pictures, writing his name on them, and then       the artwork in an envelope. He then insists on      his handwork to the neighbors, and a mail box he      belongs to the elderly couple who live next door. To be      , I didn’t think much of it, but I had      to warn my neighbors of the drawings       appearing in their letterboxes—I just didn’t have the       to do so, because I was a little busy recently.
On Tuesday of last week, I was walking down to school to collect my son when I          Mary, my elderly neighbor,      at her mail box. She said, “Jodie, is it your little son that has been posting items in my letterbox to me?” I was at once        , “Oh yes, Mary, it is. I’m sorry. I meant to tell you…” She cut me off, “Jodie, I just love his mail. I’ve  37   every item he has sent. You don’t know how much         the letters has made my day. I just love them.” While I was walking down to school after our        , many thoughts came to me. Mary doesn’t have a lot to fill her days,         she was a mother to a number of children herself who receives fairly regular visitors. The small       of getting some mail—pictures drawn by the hand of a young child—has brought          to her days, just as my visit to my grandparents does.
I have decided that my son should         this practice. He should also start sending some items to his grandparents in Perth as well. It will most           make their day.
It’s doing the little, simple things that can often make a big      in someone’s life.

A．habit B．attitude C．style D．form

A．hiding B．writing C．drawing D．putting

A．handing B．holding C．posting D．writing

A．opened B．set C．chose D．saw

A．kind B．surprised C．careful D．honest

A．meant B．asked C．hated D．refused

A．actually B．suddenly C．hardly D．partly

A．intelligence B．strength C．money D．time

A．met B．visited C．dated D．called

A．crying B．lying C．laughing D．standing

A．humorous B．embarrassed C．confused D．amused

A．copied B．bought C．kept D．examined

A．receiving B．writing C．painting D．exchanging

A．report B．expression C．talk D．discussion

A．unless B．but C．so D．although

A．charge B．offer C．act D．help

A．worth B．happiness C．value D．future

A．add B．stop C．continue D．judge

A．certainly B．unfortunately C．accidentally D．confidently

A．point B．difference C．sense D．living

There was a little boy       his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot（弹弓）to play with, out in the woods. He       in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little    ,he headed back to dinner. Then, he saw Grandma’s pet duck, so he let fly, hit the duck square in the head, and       it. He was shocked and upset. In      , he hid the dead duck in the woodpile,     to see his sister watching. Sally had seen it all,    _ she said nothing.
       lunch that day grandma said,“Sally, let’s wash the dishes.”
But Sally said,“Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to             in the kitchen today, didn’t you Johnny?”And then she             to him,“Remember, the duck?”So Johnny did the dishes.
Later Grandpa asked if           wanted to go fishing, and Grandma said,“I’m sorry but I need Sally to help make supper.”
But Sally             and said,“Well, that’s             because Johnny told me he wanted to help.”         the duck, Johnny had to stay and Sally went fishing.
After several days of Johnny doing both his         and Sally’s, he finally couldn’t         it any longer. He came to Grandma and told her that he killed the duck. She         down, gave him a hug（拥抱）,and said,“Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I             the whole thing. But because I love you,  I             you. But I was just             how long would you let Sally make a slave of you.”

A．helping B．visiting C．tending D．seeking

A．practised B．played C．worked D．hunted

A．anxious B．tired C．pleased D．discouraged

A．caught B．injured C．killed D．seized

A．surprise B．disappointment C．anger D．horror

A．only B．so as C．in order D．expecting

A．so B．and C．instead D．but

A．At B．After C．Before D．When

A．work B．stay C．help D．get

A．called B．whispered C．nodded D．signed

A．the children B．Sally C．Johnny D．Grandma

A．sighed B．agreed C．objected D．smiled

A．easy B．all right C．fine D．impossible

A．Searching B．Hiding C．Remembering D．Regretting

A．homework B．housework C．farm work D．cooking

A．stand B．change C．like D．cover

A．sat B．went C．lay D．knelt

A．know B．heard C．saw D．understand

A．missed B．forgave C．congratulated D．punished

A．wondering B．saying C．imaging D．considering

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Nowadays many singers and bands have little to do with good music. They know little about           good music means. What is the cause?
So far most of these singers         (see) music as a “job” because it is a good source of making money. And if you have a good appearance and expensive clothes to show off at your concerts then your voice is not           important as it should be. The public will prefer to admire more the most interesting parts of your body and even forget that you are there         (show) your music skills, not your dancing, which is important too, but not at such          high level.
Therefore, many young girls on TV choose to wear the most provocative (挑逗性的) clothes to catch attention,       when it comes to singing, they are in a complete mess and one doesn’t need to have an ear for music to notice their lack       talent.
However, the young generation should understand talent and a good voice matter more in their musical career. All the performances         have little to do with good music fail to be welcomed on stage. If a young man has a great voice and wants to become a         (success) singer, he should take some special      (course) in this area because they will help him improve singing abilities.

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Attention, please, everyone. I have anything to tell you. We will pay a visit to the History Museum this Sunday. Both of us should arrive in the school gate before 8:00. We will set off at 8:10 by the bus together. At about 8:40 we’ll visit the museum followed a guide. At about 11:00 the visit will be over, but we plan to return at about 11:10. The total cost was 20 yuan; everyone should hand in the money to me before Friday. Don’t forget wear your school uniforms on Sunday. And everyone need to write a composition after the visit. Hope you have a better time.
That’s all. Thank you.